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Chinese astrology is the oldest form of astrology in the world. Each year in a total 60-year rotation is relegated to one of the 12 animals and the five elements that characterize Chinese astrology. Although Chinese astrology's system for designating personality traits is completely different than the astrological system better known... more »
In astrology, more goes into a reading than many realize. Most people know their Sun Sign and occasionally read vaguely written astrology columns in the newspaper, but that is typically the extent of people's knowledge. Rising Signs are not as predominant in astrological profiling as Sun Signs, but they are still highly influential... more »
Astrology is an immensely helpful tool for understanding your personality, purpose and potential in this lifetime. The most important component of astrological study is the natal chart, which is both a map of the heavens at the time you were born and also a snapshot of your inner nature. Astrology is an incredibly complicated... more »
In karmic astrology, signs, houses and planets are guides to happiness and fulfillment. An astrologer looks to the planets, including the sun and moon, to gain a full picture of a person's personality and life challenges. When considering the role of the sun or its value for a person, the astrologer compares the way the sun is... more »
Karmic astrology is a way to understand the karmic implications of astrological signs, houses and planets. Karmic astrology investigates a soul's development as it progresses from lifetime to lifetime. Karmic astrology helps you inventory your past and present in this life (if you don't believe in rebirth) so you can grow into the... more »
Discover astrology and how your birth date relates to the events in your life. Learn how to read...
Karma is cause and effect. So basically, whatever you do now, will come back to you; with every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.... more »
You can find out about personalities, lifestyles and emotions through the study of Chinese astrology. The Chinese believed that celestial bodies... more »
Few people believe in astrology, but even fewer understand the true philosophy of astrology. Gimmicky newspaper horoscopes and half-baked hippies... more »
Next to the Sun sign, the Ascendant (or rising sign) is the most telling aspect of an individual's chart. The rising sign is the astrological sign... more »
Your astrological birth chart is calculated from your exact birth time, date and place. By interpreting your astrological birth chart, you may be... more »
Astrology is a group of systems, traditions, and beliefs which hold that the relative positions of celestial bodies and related details can provide information about personality, human affairs, and other terrestrial matters. A practitioner of astrology is called an astrologer.
Astrologers believe that the movements and positions of celestial bodies either directly influence life on Earth or correspond to events experienced on a human scale. Modern astrologers define astrology as a symbolic language, "Oken"> an art form, or a form of divination. The scientific community considers astrology a pseudoscience or superstition."asotp">"fisa">eysenck-nias>Eysenck, H.J., Nias, D.K.B., Astrology: Science or Superstition? (Penguin Books, 1982) Retrieved 2009-9-12.Jennifer Viegas. Retrieved 2009-9-12.
Numerous traditions and applications employing astrological concepts have arisen since its earliest recorded beginnings in the 3rd millennium BC. Astrology has played an important role in the shaping of culture, early astronomy, the Vedas,"vlaims"> and various disciplines throughout history. In fact, astrology and astronomy were often indistinguishable before the modern era, with the desire for predictive and divinatory knowledge one of the motivating factors for astronomical observation. Astronomy began to diverge from astrology after a period of gradual separation from the Renaissance up until the 18th century. Eventually, astronomy distinguished itself as the empirical study of astronomical objects and phenomena, without regard to the terrestrial implications of astrology.
The word astrology itself comes from Greek : , astron, "constellation, star"; and , -logia, "the study of".
Core beliefs
The core beliefs of astrology were prevalent in parts of the ancient world and are epitomized in the Hermetic maxim, "as above, so below". Tycho Brahe used a similar phrase to summarize his studies in astrology: suspiciendo despicio, "by looki read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology
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